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Jeremy D. Walston

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Publications -  337
Citations -  48109

Jeremy D. Walston is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 302 publications receiving 39548 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeremy D. Walston include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & University of Baltimore.

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Obesity and reports of no leisure time activity among older americans: results from the third national health and nutrition examination survey

TL;DR: Obese older adults were more likely than their overweight and healthy weight counterparts to report participating in no LTPA The prevalence of adults reporting no leisure time physical activity (LPTA) is lowest among non-Hispanic whites, and the relationship to body weight class among older U.S. adults is unclear.
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Physical Frailty Assessment in Older Women: Can Simplification Be Achieved Without Loss of Syndrome Measurement Validity?

TL;DR: The findings show that there clinically important contexts in which simplified PFPs cannot be used interchangeably and predictive validity with regard to frailty syndrome characterization and Predictive validity for adverse outcomes of aging.
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The transition to family caregiving and its effect on biomarkers of inflammation.

TL;DR: Only one of six circulating biomarkers of inflammation showed a significantly larger increase in persons who became caregivers over a 9-y period compared with noncaregiving controls, and this effect was small, challenging the widespread belief that caregiving is a substantial risk factor for increased inflammation.
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Combined effects of aging and inflammation on renin-angiotensin system mediate mitochondrial dysfunction and phenotypic changes in cardiomyopathies

TL;DR: Treatment with an AT1R blocker, losartan, selectively reversed the signaling changes and ameliorated adverse phenotypic effects in the combination of aging and inflammation as well as each independently.